Make your landscape beautiful and easy to manage
10 Ways to Save Water When
Establishing your landscape grass:
1.
Reduce Steep Slopes in the landscape design...
Level grass surfaces allow water to penetrate while steeper
slopes encourage wasteful water run-off.
2.
Test Soil used in your landscape and Amend...
Create the best possible growing medium for your grass with organic materials,
pH balance and nutrients.
3.
Install an Irrigation System in your landscape...
Water efficiency is greatly improved with a landscape-designed system over hoses
and especially hand held sprinklers.
4.
Select Drought Tolerant Varieties of Grass...
Scientific grass breeding has developed many varieties of improved turf grasses.
5.
Sod Rather than Grass Seed...
Turf-grass sod requires 15 to 60 percent less water to establish a lawn than
does seeding, depending on the area and conditions.
6.
Use a Soil Probe...
Water only when a probe or screwdriver is difficult to push into the ground
or shows the soil is dry.
7.
Water in the Early Morning or Evening...
Less wind drift and lower evaporation rates increase water efficiency use rates.
8.
Prevent Run-Off Situations...
Apply water for brief periods or at reduced rates to allow greater penetration
of the soil before run-off occurs.
9.
Match Fertilizer to Plant Requirements in your landscaping...
Extension agents or professional agronomists can recommend timing and amounts
of fertilizer needed by each grass variety. This reduces waste and mowing needs
as well as overly succulent, water-wasting growth.
10.
Mow Higher than Normal With a Sharp Blade...
Larger leaf surfaces hold plant liquids and shade the root zone. Dull mower
blades will increase moisture loss from the grass.
10 Ways to Save Water on
an Established Landscape:
1.
Mow as Infrequently as Possible...
Mowing puts the grass under additional stress and will cause a need for more
water.
2. Mow Grass Higher
Than Normal for a more succulent landscape...
Greater leaf surfaces hold plant liquids and shade the root zone. Never remove
more than 1/3 of the leaf blade in one mowing. Longer blades usually mean deeper,
more efficient roots.
3.
Water and Mowing in the Early Evening or Morning...
Less wind and heat reduces stress on the grass and allows for greater water
penetration and less run-off or evaporation.
4.
Water your landscape for Deep Penetration...
Interrupt watering when puddles or run-off occur, allows the water to penetrate
into the soil before restarting. Light, infrequent sprinkling may actually do
more harm than good.
5.
Spot Water...
Drier areas near buildings and on slopes require more water than flat areas
where run-off does not occur.
6.
Aerify or Verticut Grass...
Increased penetration of water and air will place the water where it
can be used by the grass plant.
7.
Use a Soil Probe...
Water your landscape only when a probe or screwdriver is difficult to
push into the ground or shows the soil is dry.
8.
Match Fertilizer to Grass Requirements...
Extension agents or professional agronomists can recommend timing and amounts
of fertilizer needed by each grass variety. This reduces waste and mowing needs
as well as overly succulent, water-wasting growth.
9.
Increase Landscape Disease and Insect Control, With Care...
Drought stressed grass is more susceptible to pest problems, but too much pesticide
will increase stress in the grass.
10.
Accept a Less than Lush Landscape...
Grass will naturally go dormant during periods of drought, but will readily
regenerate when water becomes available. Reduce traffic on grass areas if possible.
Landsacpe tips for saving water and money
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